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. -- the united nations is the office cannot be presented, but that is exactly what president hamid karzai says it looks like -- united nations says the office cannot be presented as an embassy, but that is exactly what president hamid karzai says it looks like. >> the controversial taliban flag still lying this afternoon -- flying this afternoon. it was supposed to have been taken down. the building was portrayed as a de facto rival embassy. kabul remains deeply suspicious. the u.s. and afghan governments have been scrambling to come up with a joint message today. >> afghanistan does not .ecognize such a thing raising the taliban flag on tuesday was just a reminder of the dark and bloody past from which our country still struggles to emerge. it underscores that the office must not be treated as or represent itself as an embassy or other office representing the afghan caliban as an emirate government or sovereign. >> it is in stark contrast to the ceremonial opening earlier this week. the caliban had a public address for negotiations. peace talksigh could find a way to end the war and afgh
. -- the united nations is the office cannot be presented, but that is exactly what president hamid karzai says it looks like -- united nations says the office cannot be presented as an embassy, but that is exactly what president hamid karzai says it looks like. >> the controversial taliban flag still lying this afternoon -- flying this afternoon. it was supposed to have been taken down. the building was portrayed as a de facto rival embassy. kabul remains deeply suspicious. the u.s. and...
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that was the announcement made by french president nicolas sarkozy and afghan leader hamid karzai. this came after the french president warned of a pullout after the killing of french troops by an afghan soldier. earlier, i spoke to the french representative to afghanistan. thank you for joining us. you talking in your book about the danger of deadlines in afghanistan but now we are expecting president sarkozy of france and afghan president hamid karzai to ask nato to hand over combat missions to afghan troops in 2013. that is a year earlier than the plan to withdraw. what do you think of that? >> i am surprised. i warned against deadlines because and afghan society, you simply cannot implement solutions to anything in the short time frames we're used to in the west. we do not understand how long it takes. i warned against time lines because it is much more important, i believe to do what you need to do based on the situation in the ground. when the situation in the ground is ready, then we shall be ready. if it is not ready, then we should not be dictated by artificial time lines,
that was the announcement made by french president nicolas sarkozy and afghan leader hamid karzai. this came after the french president warned of a pullout after the killing of french troops by an afghan soldier. earlier, i spoke to the french representative to afghanistan. thank you for joining us. you talking in your book about the danger of deadlines in afghanistan but now we are expecting president sarkozy of france and afghan president hamid karzai to ask nato to hand over combat missions...
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secretary of state and hamid karzai. the announcements made are important, this is about style and substance, showing that they can support president karzai and bring their troops home. past promises have been broken so i asked the president about what the differences would be. >> the differences are that we can shed the capacity of the army. -- we can show the capacity of the army. the ability and good of our soldiers. >> any pullout depends on demand coming into land. with four stars on his hat, david petraeus is a new commander. he has the daunting task of getting the force is ready. the news has come that another soldier has turned his guns on his trainers. this raises fear that the taliban may be infiltrating. bringing british troops home depends on stopping the taliban. this was the scene for u.k. forces last summer, this year the fighting is just as hard. the casualties are also graves. -- are also just as grave. >> the afghan president, hamid karzai, says that he would like the forces to charge up security by it
secretary of state and hamid karzai. the announcements made are important, this is about style and substance, showing that they can support president karzai and bring their troops home. past promises have been broken so i asked the president about what the differences would be. >> the differences are that we can shed the capacity of the army. -- we can show the capacity of the army. the ability and good of our soldiers. >> any pullout depends on demand coming into land. with four...
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he has melt with hamid karzai several times -- met with hamid karzai several times. he wants the local neighborhoods to defend themselves. karzai said he didn't like the idea unless the government can have some control over that. they worked out some way to do that. that means you're going to have a lot more special operations forces, more americans going out into the villages, being more vulnerable and having more casualties, to try to reach out to the elders and the villagers to defend themselves against the taliban. afghanistan is so vast. you can't really have a central government over all these areas and know what is going on. that's part of the plan, to have the different tribes -- this is very complicated, very different from iraq when it was the sunnis and so on -- this isn't "west side story." you've got a whole lot of afghan tribes. >> is there a time table in year -- we're a year away from july 11, 2011. >> from when we're leaving? i think there is so much skepticism will -- about that. you have heard it from president obama in the last weeks. "we're not c
he has melt with hamid karzai several times -- met with hamid karzai several times. he wants the local neighborhoods to defend themselves. karzai said he didn't like the idea unless the government can have some control over that. they worked out some way to do that. that means you're going to have a lot more special operations forces, more americans going out into the villages, being more vulnerable and having more casualties, to try to reach out to the elders and the villagers to defend...
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hamid karzai made angry new accusations against the u.s., as the american suspect in the shootings was being flown home. karzai fired off his new broadside after meeting with relatives of those murdered last sunday. >> it is by all means the end of the rope here, the end of the rope. this form of activity, this behavior cannot be tolerated. it is past, past, past the time. >> woodruff: the killings took 16 lives-- mostly women and children, shot as they slept, in two separate villages. karzai demanded the u.s. military be more forthcoming, as he lent a sympathetic ear to family members who insisted, despite what u.s. officials have indicated, that the shooter could not have acted alone. >> the story of the village elders and the affectees is entirely different. they believe it is not possible for one person to do that. the army chief has just reported that the afghan investigation team did not receive the cooperation that they expected from the united states. >> woodruff: the massacre was the latest in a series of incidents that have cratered u.s.-afghan relations. last month's koran b
hamid karzai made angry new accusations against the u.s., as the american suspect in the shootings was being flown home. karzai fired off his new broadside after meeting with relatives of those murdered last sunday. >> it is by all means the end of the rope here, the end of the rope. this form of activity, this behavior cannot be tolerated. it is past, past, past the time. >> woodruff: the killings took 16 lives-- mostly women and children, shot as they slept, in two separate...
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ould history repeat it self never says the outgoing afghan president hamid karzai. picking to our chief international correspondent. >> every morning president karzai walks to the office with bodyguards and armored vehicles. he lives and works in this for tech and palace. -- protected palace. he rarely leaves the fortress. men in his security cabinet have worked alongside nato a decade. more than for combat troops are pulling out. there is concern al qaeda linked groups could make a comeback. bag asking ifgroups are what happened in iraq could happen in dan. ask yes, we do need international support. we don't have the means to sustain ourselves. that is welcome. for that the are grateful. of the country. >> this government refused to take up the offer of a strategic pact with the united date which would have meant a long-term military presence in the country. the two men vying to be the next president have said he will sign a deal. that could help afghanistan avoid some of the worst of what is happening in iraq. for years many doubted there would be a peaceful trans
ould history repeat it self never says the outgoing afghan president hamid karzai. picking to our chief international correspondent. >> every morning president karzai walks to the office with bodyguards and armored vehicles. he lives and works in this for tech and palace. -- protected palace. he rarely leaves the fortress. men in his security cabinet have worked alongside nato a decade. more than for combat troops are pulling out. there is concern al qaeda linked groups could make a...
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. >> among the wikileaks were tension between the white house, the administration and the hamid karzai. how much of a drag is that on our effort? >> it's enormous. and the level of sort of contempt within the military towards karzai, personally was just staggering to me. in part because it's no longer an issue just for him criticizing obama, criticizing the u.s., believing in conspiracy theories why we're there, and he's specifically criticizing the military. he's saying the military presence is too big. he doesn't want any nighttime operation made. which petraeus thinks it's the best we have. we're fighting and dying so this man can stay in power. his response is not only not thank you but constant attack, constant criticism. >> does that mean ha the problem that you refer to aze poisonous a few minutes ago is not an obama-karzai problem, it's a karzai problem. >> i think it's an obama-karzai problem because the white house don't really know what to do with karzai. remember the last time obama went to afghanistan and general jones and the national security advisor said we're going to
. >> among the wikileaks were tension between the white house, the administration and the hamid karzai. how much of a drag is that on our effort? >> it's enormous. and the level of sort of contempt within the military towards karzai, personally was just staggering to me. in part because it's no longer an issue just for him criticizing obama, criticizing the u.s., believing in conspiracy theories why we're there, and he's specifically criticizing the military. he's saying the...
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karzai and you say that you are disappointed with him. you are not the first person to say that. has he actually changed or is his dependence on war lords and power brokers on inevitable part of the job? >> i was disappointed by the fact that he became increasingly dependent on the war lords and power brokers but i do say that i understand him in many ways and i understand his way of acting in critical circumstances better than most. i spent quite a lot of time with him. first of all, i agreed with him quite often. when i disagreed with him the most often i understood why he did what he did. we do not quite understand the political landscape just as an afghan war in the region. this is just as an afghan does not understand the political landscape in america. >> you talk about the despair and the lost war and you have called for more patients. after 10 years, how much longer is this going to take? >> we can see how much time we lost. have we for 10 years pursued a clear and coherent strategy? is this the right strategy? i don't think so. w
karzai and you say that you are disappointed with him. you are not the first person to say that. has he actually changed or is his dependence on war lords and power brokers on inevitable part of the job? >> i was disappointed by the fact that he became increasingly dependent on the war lords and power brokers but i do say that i understand him in many ways and i understand his way of acting in critical circumstances better than most. i spent quite a lot of time with him. first of all, i...
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the former afghan president, hamid karzai, who led the country through 2014 has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. re is his message to both sides. >> i call on the taliban not to fight. i call on the afghan government to do all it can to work for peace. so i call on both sides, on the taliban, for taking steps to help them in the long term. and i call on the afghan government delaying helping the country. so both sides must sit down and talk as soon as possible. >> a call for reconciliation from the former afghan prime minister. here's a man from one u.s. think tank, you can see the areas presumed to be under taliban control in dark ray and in red, areas -- controlled by afghans in light gray. the claims are just about impossible to verify but the taliban is saying it has captured 150 out of 369 districts just in the last two months of fighting. the interior ministry says though the taliban claims these districts, it does not mean all of them have completely fallen. there is no doubt the taliban is making some gains and it is causinconcern among afghan troops. to the north, they say m
the former afghan president, hamid karzai, who led the country through 2014 has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. re is his message to both sides. >> i call on the taliban not to fight. i call on the afghan government to do all it can to work for peace. so i call on both sides, on the taliban, for taking steps to help them in the long term. and i call on the afghan government delaying helping the country. so both sides must sit down and talk as soon as possible. >> a call for...
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it really was hamid karzai who held this up. this was not a case with a lot of intrigue about who was against it or in favor. president karzai himself that is much. this was not a case where the u.s. was holding back.i don't think it took any big advance by isis to schock the obama administration into wanting to deal, but they could not push karzai. karzai for whatever reason decided he would not been done this. the good news it gives his successor a positive note to begin the new administration so i think we still have time to make the military logistics work and discuss the new regime and get off to a good start. >> thank you very much for joining us. in other news, iraqi kurdish forces reportedly recaptured a strategic border crossing with syria from islamic state militants, after fierce resistance from i.s. at least five suicide car bombs killed a number of kurdish fighters. british warplanes made their first attacks in iraw. car bombs hit several districts in baghdad, killing at least 25 people in mainly shia areas. it is n
it really was hamid karzai who held this up. this was not a case with a lot of intrigue about who was against it or in favor. president karzai himself that is much. this was not a case where the u.s. was holding back.i don't think it took any big advance by isis to schock the obama administration into wanting to deal, but they could not push karzai. karzai for whatever reason decided he would not been done this. the good news it gives his successor a positive note to begin the new...
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karzai. they reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. at their first face-to-face meeting since may, the leaders announced they're accelerating the handoff from u.s. and coalition forces to afghan troops. >> let me say it as plainly as i can-- starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission: training, advising, assisting afghan forces. it will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty. >> in spring this year, the afghan forces will be fully responsible for providing security to the afghan people. and that the international forces, the american forces, will be no longer present in afghan villages. >> woodruff: afghanistan president hamid karzai has sharply complained that fighting in afghan villages is causing too many civilian casualties. and there've been other strains from koran burnings by american soldiers to deadly insider attacks by afghan soldiers. for now, the u.s. still has 66,000 troo
karzai. they reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. at their first face-to-face meeting since may, the leaders announced they're accelerating the handoff from u.s. and coalition forces to afghan troops. >> let me say it as plainly as i can-- starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission: training, advising, assisting afghan forces. it will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty....
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also ahead, afghan president hamid karzai complicated a key security agreement with the u.s., telling tribal leaders it should not be finalized until next year. >> ifill: plus, some familiar faces look back at the assassination of president john f. kennedy. >> the air was filled with the most incredible screaming. it was like choirs all singing out of tune. >> woodruff: robert macneil and jim lehrer were both there 50 years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. >> what the kennedy assassination did for me was forever to keep me aware of the fragility of everything. three rounds fired in 15 seconds changed the course of history. >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends
also ahead, afghan president hamid karzai complicated a key security agreement with the u.s., telling tribal leaders it should not be finalized until next year. >> ifill: plus, some familiar faces look back at the assassination of president john f. kennedy. >> the air was filled with the most incredible screaming. it was like choirs all singing out of tune. >> woodruff: robert macneil and jim lehrer were both there 50 years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. >>...
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hamid karzai was speaking after meeting with the victims' relatives. currently the u.s. service members suspected of carrying out the attack is being transferred to a military prison in the u.s. >> the blood of afghans spilled inside their own homes. they were killed mostly by a single shot to the head. the gunman was an american soldier it is believed. he gathered them together, including the children, and burned the bodies. >> it started with a prayer when the villagers came to the presidential palace. 11 people were killed in one home, says this village elder. they were acting like animals, smashing down doors. hamid karzai listened and appeared to agree that this was not the work of a single attacker. >> they believe it is not possible for one person to do that. in his family, in four rooms people were killed. they were all brought together in one room and set on fire. the afghan investigation team did not receive the cooperation they expected from the united states. >> the international mission in afghanistan has always known the afghan people would only tolerate it
hamid karzai was speaking after meeting with the victims' relatives. currently the u.s. service members suspected of carrying out the attack is being transferred to a military prison in the u.s. >> the blood of afghans spilled inside their own homes. they were killed mostly by a single shot to the head. the gunman was an american soldier it is believed. he gathered them together, including the children, and burned the bodies. >> it started with a prayer when the villagers came to...
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why is hamid karzai meeting with the taliban? >> he wants to make peace. i think americans want to make peace, too. everybody does. if they could create a peace deal with the taliban everybody would be overjoyed about this. the question is how and are the taliban really interested? >> ifill: when you say "peace," what we were heard all along is that this security agreement which we've been trying to get them to sign, that that's the ingredient for peace. this s this a separate side deal that he's trying to cut? >> i think that's what he thought it was. he thought there was this contact or he had this opportunity and then he would kind of push off the americans. i think the american telling of this and to a lot of other afghans as well they would say, well, what's the taliban's incentive? if the americans get up and leave they take their troops and money, why would they make peace now? >> ifill: i guess that's my question. what does peace look like with the taliban? >> it's an incredibly good question. i think americans and the afghan government also -- the
why is hamid karzai meeting with the taliban? >> he wants to make peace. i think americans want to make peace, too. everybody does. if they could create a peace deal with the taliban everybody would be overjoyed about this. the question is how and are the taliban really interested? >> ifill: when you say "peace," what we were heard all along is that this security agreement which we've been trying to get them to sign, that that's the ingredient for peace. this s this a...
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. >> tonight, president hamid karzai has accused the u.s. of interfering in afghanistan's internal affairs and called on america to stop harassing his country. the president describes this as a taliban factory. >> the word they used his factory. this is a word that have emerged out of the that they have been released, >> there's no denying that there are elements of al qaeda and the taliban still in the prison. >> no doubt. most people who are criminals, real criminals are the minority. >> this evening, at a cafÉ, six of the three men enjoy a meal together. they insist they're innocent and were tortured. the afghan decision to free these men against america's will reflects the strained relations between these two supposed allies. as the u.s. withdraws most of his troops and its influence here declines. .> that exclusive report we were lucky enough to hear the snowstorm. you had exclusive access to this prison. whatever conditions like. what were your impressions of the men? a i found the prison to be state-of-the-art facility. i have seen o
. >> tonight, president hamid karzai has accused the u.s. of interfering in afghanistan's internal affairs and called on america to stop harassing his country. the president describes this as a taliban factory. >> the word they used his factory. this is a word that have emerged out of the that they have been released, >> there's no denying that there are elements of al qaeda and the taliban still in the prison. >> no doubt. most people who are criminals, real criminals...
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. >> this is where you have to rely on the political skills of hamid karzai. it is his initiative, and one to support anhese outcome he wants. we will see. -- do youctured is think the relationship between the u.s. and afghanistan will be? will this clear the way for better relations? >> hamid karzai and his relationship with united dates has been a roller coaster, particularly the last few years. he will leave office in 2014. 2014 is setting up to be a remarkable, transformative year for afghanistan, not only ending the war, afghanistan takes the lead of its own security, but also to have a new president. a lot they will have to do to stabilize the relationship going forward. one other thing, obviously what happens in afghanistan will be greatly influenced by what happens in pakistan. >> thank you so much for joining us. to do withran intend its nuclear power program? diplomats a meeting in geneva for more talks. iran's supreme leader in tehran is warning iran will not back one iota from its nuclear plans. in geneva with the latest developments. >> for the th
. >> this is where you have to rely on the political skills of hamid karzai. it is his initiative, and one to support anhese outcome he wants. we will see. -- do youctured is think the relationship between the u.s. and afghanistan will be? will this clear the way for better relations? >> hamid karzai and his relationship with united dates has been a roller coaster, particularly the last few years. he will leave office in 2014. 2014 is setting up to be a remarkable, transformative...
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. >> hamid karzai has had his long-standing position. at the end of the day, the americans and others need to focus on the political aspects of afghanistan, making sure the unity government is strong enough, that there is good governance, that we can fight corruption, which itself is only -- is a way for the taliban to feed itself. tim: today the u.s. senate was again hearing evidence of russia's interference with elections, but this time it was france that was the focus. -- he described how events unfolded. >> you become aware of that he had become aware of the act -- he had become aware of the activity and we talked to our french counterparts and gave a heads up look, we are watching the russians, we are seeing them penetrate some of your infrastructure, here is what we have seen, what can we do to assist? we are doing similar things with our german counterparts, british counterparts. they have an upcoming election sequence. tim: hundreds of workers at a nuclear facility in the united states have been told to take cover after a tunnel
. >> hamid karzai has had his long-standing position. at the end of the day, the americans and others need to focus on the political aspects of afghanistan, making sure the unity government is strong enough, that there is good governance, that we can fight corruption, which itself is only -- is a way for the taliban to feed itself. tim: today the u.s. senate was again hearing evidence of russia's interference with elections, but this time it was france that was the focus. -- he described...
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karzai, why not just do that? it seems we are seeing something else going on here. >> broadly speaking, we are seeing a white house focusing on a rebalancing of asia. a pivot or rebalancing to dealing with china and our allies in east asia, the focus on domestic issues and a view of working ines afghanistan are being heavily outweighed by dealing with a corrupt individual and one that's very difficult to deal with in hamid karzai and whoever replaces him, so i think there is a very tired sense of working on afghanistan for the white house right now. >> u.s. public opinion supports that. there is stuff like, "can we get out of there as fast as possible?" what are the risks, do you think, if america pulls out in total? >> there are a range of terrorist organizations operating in afghanistan and pakistan, including core al qaeda, which does present a threat to the u.s. homeland, the british, and other organizations. second, i think what we saw in iraq recently is pulling forces out means it's much more difficult to i
karzai, why not just do that? it seems we are seeing something else going on here. >> broadly speaking, we are seeing a white house focusing on a rebalancing of asia. a pivot or rebalancing to dealing with china and our allies in east asia, the focus on domestic issues and a view of working ines afghanistan are being heavily outweighed by dealing with a corrupt individual and one that's very difficult to deal with in hamid karzai and whoever replaces him, so i think there is a very tired...
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first of all, hamid karzai will no longer be president. i don't know who will and whether he will be better or worse, or whether it will be more or less core runtion. >> well, you know, being there the last year, i think and traveling and seeing what i saw, the narrative of poims is an easy one to make. an eye, and we've all looked for ways in which there might be hope. you know, a new generation that has grown-up over the last tenniers. they're very impressive, 30 and 40-year-olds that populate the bureaucracies. but they're very able people. there's natural resources which great hope lies with them that they might enrich this country. but despite these glimmers of hope, i kind of as describe to the pessimistic one, i think t is going to be very difficult over the next few years. >> rose: can it slide into being a failed state. can it slide into being some kind of haven for terrorism or have they all moved to africa? >> no, i think that's definitely a real danger. there's a number of transitions going on. there is the military one which w
first of all, hamid karzai will no longer be president. i don't know who will and whether he will be better or worse, or whether it will be more or less core runtion. >> well, you know, being there the last year, i think and traveling and seeing what i saw, the narrative of poims is an easy one to make. an eye, and we've all looked for ways in which there might be hope. you know, a new generation that has grown-up over the last tenniers. they're very impressive, 30 and 40-year-olds that...
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and hamid karzai as you recall led a lot of the criticism of the united states in those -- when there were civilian casualties and the new president has said much less than, much less that is critical lately. >> naveen alyssa rubin joining m kabul. >> sreenivasan: for a fifth day, russia is carrying out airstrikes inside syria. russian defense officials say their jets bombed ten islamic state, or isis, targets in the past 24 hours, including a militant training camp. but the leaders of britain and turkey both said today russia is making a "mistake" backing president bashar-al-assad in the syrian civil war. british prime minister david cameron says few russian bombs are hitting isis. the rest, areas controlled by opponents of the assad regime supported by the u.k. and the u.s. the israeli government is barring nearly all palestinians from entering jerusalem's old city for 48 hours. the move comes a day after a palestinian fatally stabbed an israeli soldier walking with his wife and children and a rabbi who came to the soldier's aid. overnight, another palestinian stabbed and wounded an
and hamid karzai as you recall led a lot of the criticism of the united states in those -- when there were civilian casualties and the new president has said much less than, much less that is critical lately. >> naveen alyssa rubin joining m kabul. >> sreenivasan: for a fifth day, russia is carrying out airstrikes inside syria. russian defense officials say their jets bombed ten islamic state, or isis, targets in the past 24 hours, including a militant training camp. but the leaders...
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karzai despite mr. karzai's hostility toward the u.s.-led military efforts in the country. earlier this month the afghan president accused the u.s. of can lewding with the taliban -- colluding with the taliban. italy's highest court has put off until tomorrow a verlander on whether or not amanda knox and her former boyfriend should face a fresh trial for the murder of an english student. having been convicted, ms. fox and the other were later acquitted in 2007. the girl was found dead in her...
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>> well, the failure of the talks was partly related to the problem of the relationship with hamid karzai during the obama administration. as you say, karzai really blew up the talks at a moment when they looked like they might be fruitful but there were other complications. one was it wasn't really clear what the taliban wanted from these negotineions that was r tested before the talks blew up. secondly, the relationip with i.s.i. in pakistan was again complicated. the taliban secret representative, this man named ty bhaga, remarkharacter, you know he kept saying to the americans in these safe houses where they were negotiating i don't want to be a client of we're afghans, we want to negotiate independently with you. you're in our country, we'd like to talk about how we can get you out of our country slowly in a transition but i don't want pakistan to speak for us. but the pakistanis te americans you can't do this negotiation without us. and they started to essentially act as agents for the taliban. at one point, they delivered ages to the americans in mullah omar's name and the american
>> well, the failure of the talks was partly related to the problem of the relationship with hamid karzai during the obama administration. as you say, karzai really blew up the talks at a moment when they looked like they might be fruitful but there were other complications. one was it wasn't really clear what the taliban wanted from these negotineions that was r tested before the talks blew up. secondly, the relationip with i.s.i. in pakistan was again complicated. the taliban secret...
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>> the president as we know what beyond frustrated with hamid karzai. he was unreliable. the word continually used this week was partnership. this was a partnership between afghanistan and a desire to build even on diplomatic and international, financial, economic and develop a role and that was just not something that the administration talked about. the other thing about president ghani that was interesting is he very much seemed to know the west. he sort of talks the talk, colloquial -- gwen: he went to colombia. nancy: he's an anthropologist, lives in the united states went to columbia, shares that with the president. they communed over the fact the president's mother was an anthropologist and they seemed -- he seems to have the knack, politician's knack of bonding over a common cause. one of the other things president ghani said that seemed to go over well and made headlines was he changed the american taxpayers, that's the way he put it, i want to thank the american taxpayers, we afghanistan want to thank the taxpayers and talked about the sacrifice the united state
>> the president as we know what beyond frustrated with hamid karzai. he was unreliable. the word continually used this week was partnership. this was a partnership between afghanistan and a desire to build even on diplomatic and international, financial, economic and develop a role and that was just not something that the administration talked about. the other thing about president ghani that was interesting is he very much seemed to know the west. he sort of talks the talk, colloquial...
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gwen: we heard there was a deal and john kerry basically said there was a deal and hamid karzai showed up and said i don't really trust these americans. that's not helpful. >> after 10 years, it's kind of indicative of the relationship we've had with this guy. and he asked for an apology. as if the president can stand up after all the blood and pressure we expended in afghanistan and apologize for our presence there. so my sense is that karzai doesn't want to be a lame duck. he wants to keep his leverage as long as he can do it. he has some horses in this presidential election field of 11 candidates. i think that he just doesn't want to let go. so he's going to make this very, very difficult. i suspect at the 11th hour on the 11th day he'll accede to this because really the stakes are very high for afghanistan. >> what are the chances that afghanistan starts to go in the way of iraq, in the way we've seen it sort of dissolve on the ground and continue to be a security problem even though, as we saw, that we're leaving. >> as martha knows, iraq is the cautionary tale. we drug those talk
gwen: we heard there was a deal and john kerry basically said there was a deal and hamid karzai showed up and said i don't really trust these americans. that's not helpful. >> after 10 years, it's kind of indicative of the relationship we've had with this guy. and he asked for an apology. as if the president can stand up after all the blood and pressure we expended in afghanistan and apologize for our presence there. so my sense is that karzai doesn't want to be a lame duck. he wants to...
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at that point hamid karzai knew he had us. and for the next two years look what he did. dick understood exactly how to go after it but couldn't do it. couldn't be allowed to do it. >> the other thing, charlie, you said before that he said several times thathis was the toughest assignment, toughest challenge he's ever had. but he never slowed down. he never stopped. he was going at it all the time. >> rose: even though people were saying slow down. don't get on another plane and go for another trip because you better take care of yourself. >> and he wasn't doing that. >> you can't win that argument with him. >> rose: (laughs) >> he wouldn't stop. >> i think you're absolutely right but there were a couple of other forces that motivated dick here. i believe that he really believed we had to bring this war to an end and the only way to do it was to get a political definition around the war. it that you had to stabilize your relations with pakistan and so he focused a single minded jewel on building ties with the pakistani leadership that had gone fallow over the years. he cr
at that point hamid karzai knew he had us. and for the next two years look what he did. dick understood exactly how to go after it but couldn't do it. couldn't be allowed to do it. >> the other thing, charlie, you said before that he said several times thathis was the toughest assignment, toughest challenge he's ever had. but he never slowed down. he never stopped. he was going at it all the time. >> rose: even though people were saying slow down. don't get on another plane and go...
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it was a brutal attack in of dennis than that claimed the life of hamid karzai's half- brother. ahmad wali karzai, the head of the kandahar provincial council was accused of being devolved in the drug trade and dealing with the taliban. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the assassination which has opened up a power vacuum. >> he describes himself as the most powerful men in southern afghanistan. few disagreed. ahmad wali karzai was a controversial figure. in kandahar today, the walls of sight of his compound were closed. the president's half brother lived under the tightest security. only the closest could get close. without saying a word, he shot him twice. he welcomed president sarkozy of france. he said, this morning, my younger brother was murdered -- martyred. this is the life of afghan people. we have all suffered the same kind of pain. forgive me for not speaking with a smile today. ahmad wali karzai was said to be deeply involved with the heroin trade. the allegations strained relations with afghanistan's allies. in april, he told a bbc documentary crew about at
it was a brutal attack in of dennis than that claimed the life of hamid karzai's half- brother. ahmad wali karzai, the head of the kandahar provincial council was accused of being devolved in the drug trade and dealing with the taliban. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the assassination which has opened up a power vacuum. >> he describes himself as the most powerful men in southern afghanistan. few disagreed. ahmad wali karzai was a controversial figure. in kandahar today, the...
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we report on different candidates vying to replace hamid karzai. >> afghans are determined to take part even in kandahar. they have threatened to disrupt the process. they have not succeeded. this time, it's a big rally. minister.finance stronghold, he is emphasizing his tribal credentials. he is the man that can bring peace to an area that has seen some of the worst fighting. but why would the taliban want to talk? >> the forces are not threatened. and the kind of numbers that make them doubtful that they would ever leave. we have succeeded. we have brought about massive participation of the public in this election. the democratic process is gaining ground. >> we drive north for a rally to a candidate that will ease the best people are the men that fought its wars. scholar, one of the most notorious warlords. but in the past decade, he has been useful to the west. he is even talking about women's rights. >> how is the campaign going? thank you. >> he fought against the taliban and in this area and is still at the top of the hit list. >> the crowds have gathered here. symbolizes --that
we report on different candidates vying to replace hamid karzai. >> afghans are determined to take part even in kandahar. they have threatened to disrupt the process. they have not succeeded. this time, it's a big rally. minister.finance stronghold, he is emphasizing his tribal credentials. he is the man that can bring peace to an area that has seen some of the worst fighting. but why would the taliban want to talk? >> the forces are not threatened. and the kind of numbers that make...
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his loss was a personal blow to president hamid karzai and the u.s., with which he worked closely. aid workers were among those at his memorial service. >> true leadership is shown by example. throughout my 14 months in can our -- kandahar, i did not meet one person who came close to matching his dedication and his honesty. >> many in this community led to the u.s. during the soviet invasion. like him, many were hoping they might one day return. while his achievements are widely recognized, the mayor's death lee is a troubling legacy. >> his loss is a failure to be cut before losing people like him. how many more can we lose. it is disappointing. >> he gave his life for the country because he wanted the peace he had 30 years ago. seeing him die so tragically for the country he loved so much breaks my heart. it dwindles my hopes. because it is our home country, our birth country, we want to hold onto hope. >> the taliban say they killed the mayor. it has not been proven. in afghanistan, violence is politics and they invariably go hand in hand. >> that brings denied's program to an e
his loss was a personal blow to president hamid karzai and the u.s., with which he worked closely. aid workers were among those at his memorial service. >> true leadership is shown by example. throughout my 14 months in can our -- kandahar, i did not meet one person who came close to matching his dedication and his honesty. >> many in this community led to the u.s. during the soviet invasion. like him, many were hoping they might one day return. while his achievements are widely...
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of della ripped down a portrait -- supporters ripped down a portrait of outgoing president hamid karzai. he finally arrived. minister,inance abdullah abdullah, famed for his resistance to the taliban and. round the front runner in one of the presidential race. fortune reversed. he claims fraud. >> we are the party, we are the winners. >> arrest less crowd urged him to announce a parallel he resisted.ut despite warnings from the united states that this could jeopardize security in the united states. instead he called for more time to consider his next move. the question is, can his supporters wait? these are now uncertain times in afghanistan in the coming days. in the camp, a conciliatory mood. he pledged his cooperation with authorities. provisional results indicate his lead by my thousand votes. they want to ensure legitimacy of the process, and fairness of the result. moment forefining afghanistan and its fragile transition. the senior u.s. visitor is expected here later this week. bbc news, kabul. to announce the winner of an election that the country can rally around. in the united
of della ripped down a portrait -- supporters ripped down a portrait of outgoing president hamid karzai. he finally arrived. minister,inance abdullah abdullah, famed for his resistance to the taliban and. round the front runner in one of the presidential race. fortune reversed. he claims fraud. >> we are the party, we are the winners. >> arrest less crowd urged him to announce a parallel he resisted.ut despite warnings from the united states that this could jeopardize security in...
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soldiers were killed in an insider attack following pointed accusations by afghan president hamid karzai that the u.s. is colluding with the taliban. tensions were evident everywhere today from an american officer in kabul yelling at troops who had mistakenly shot to death two civilians to wardeck province where the afghans had ordered all special u.s. forces to leave by yesterday. there an afghan policeman gunned down two american soldiers and two other police officers before being killed himself. all of this, as newly confirmed secretary of defense chuck hagel concluded his first trip to afghanistan. the visit was difficult from the start, a suicide bombing outside the afghan defense ministry on saturday as he met with nato commanders nearby. >> i wasn't sure what it was. i was in a briefing. but we're in a war zone. i've been in war. you know, shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off. >> woodruff: then on sunday a verbal broadside from afghan president hamid karzai charging the u.s. had a role in the attack. >> the bombs which exploded yesterday were not taliban strength to america
soldiers were killed in an insider attack following pointed accusations by afghan president hamid karzai that the u.s. is colluding with the taliban. tensions were evident everywhere today from an american officer in kabul yelling at troops who had mistakenly shot to death two civilians to wardeck province where the afghans had ordered all special u.s. forces to leave by yesterday. there an afghan policeman gunned down two american soldiers and two other police officers before being killed...
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. >> (speaking pashto): >> (speaking dari): >> smith: throughout his presidency, hamid karzai spoke out publicly against civilian deaths from raids and other errant attacks. >> we're going to ask the international community to end nighttime raids on afghan homes and eliminate civilian casualties. >> president karzai increasingly became bitter. the raiding of houses and night raids, he was strictly opposed to it. but the thing that particularly annoyed president karzai was, was the killing of civilians. um, and it repeatedly happened. >> in ghazni province, central afghanistan, the dead include a woman and a child following what eyewitnesses say was a raid by u.s. forces. >> certainly, the province of kunar has had more than its fair share of civilian casualties. >> digging small graves for nine children, all under 14. general david petraeus has since apologized for the deaths. >> smith: karzai repeatedly complained to general petraeus that the raids were backfiring. >> (shouting) >> smith: protests were mounting, even as petraeus made efforts to reduce civilian casualties. >> (shouting,
. >> (speaking pashto): >> (speaking dari): >> smith: throughout his presidency, hamid karzai spoke out publicly against civilian deaths from raids and other errant attacks. >> we're going to ask the international community to end nighttime raids on afghan homes and eliminate civilian casualties. >> president karzai increasingly became bitter. the raiding of houses and night raids, he was strictly opposed to it. but the thing that particularly annoyed president...